Publications
| severe parasitism in an opossum. | chronic debilitation and anemia were observed in a free-living opossum (didelphis marsupialis) heavily parasitized by physaloptera turgida, brachylaima virginianum, and cruzia americana. chronic interstitial pneumonia associated with capillaria aerophila and a metastrongyloid nematode also was present. | 1975 | 1152183 |
| immunological sensitization of opossum gallbladder by naturally acquired stomach roundworm infection. | 1. the opossum gallbladder develops an immediate type hypersensitivity as a result of chronic infection with the gastric nematode, physaloptera turgida. 2. hypersensitization is evident from a change in net transepithelial ion transport in response to parasite-derived antigen. 3. the antigen-induced change in ion transport involves mediation by histamine and possibly prostaglandins and is independent of intrinsic neural modulation. 4. the functions of the gallbladder epithelium are influenced by ... | 1991 | 1685430 |